Can Christianity explain how animals are so locationally diverse

[Superposition]

It is clear that different animal species, that were all together on Noah's ark not so long ago, are now scattered across the globe. For example kangaroos are only in Australia, and clearly can't swim, so how did they get there from Noah's ark? The same can be said for many other species of animals.

*I'm not trying to argue against Christianity, just curious in whether there is a Christian explanation

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

If I remember correctly from my years of indoctrination as a creationist, the "theory" is that there were "ice bridges" that conveniently connected all the continents long enough for the animals to get to them.

[frankiej]

Noah ran a bus-like service with his ark after the flood. He took them where ever they wanted to go. Duh...

[Forsaken]

Noah ran a bus-like service with his ark after the flood. He took them where ever they wanted to go. Duh...

Or "goddidit" is another alternative explanation that puts to rest all other (logical) explanations.

[Drich]

It is clear that different animal species, that were all together on Noah's ark not so long ago, are now scattered across the globe. For example kangaroos are only in Australia, and clearly can't swim, so how did they get there from Noah's ark? The same can be said for many other species of animals.

*I'm not trying to argue against Christianity, just curious in whether there is a Christian explanation

What makes you think Australia was inhabbited during the flood?

The word that translates into 'earth' in the english mean the known world or whole inhabited earth. If Wicked man or 'Men of great renoun' (The actual target of the flood) had not made it to Australia then why should it be flooded?

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If I remember correctly from my years of indoctrination as a creationist, the "theory" is that there were "ice bridges" that conveniently connected all the continents long enough for the animals to get to them.

Kinda like the 'ice bridge' that allowed man to walk from asia to North America and later become Inuit and Native americans??

"Ice bridge in my theory ok. Ice bridge in yours?? Don't be foolish. "

[Erinome]

What makes you think Australia was inhabbited during the flood?

What makes you think there was a flood? Oh, wait! The bible, right?



Just a little something to whoosh over your head, Drich-

http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/...ossil-past

The word that translates into 'earth' in the english mean the known world or whole inhabited earth. If Wicked man or 'Men of great renoun' (The actual target of the flood) had not made it to Australia then why should it be flooded?

Let me get this straight... you're arguing that Australia wasn't inhabited during the time of the alleged global flood, and you'r also arguing that Australia didn't flood because there were no wicked men there?

Ummm....

Kinda like the 'ice bridge' that allowed man to walk from asia to North America and later become Inuit and Native americans??

"Ice bridge in my theory ok. Ice bridge in yours?? Don't be foolish. "

You mean the land bridge?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia



What is this ice bridge foolishness you were talking about again?

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

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The word that translates into 'earth' in the english mean the known world or whole inhabited earth. If Wicked man or 'Men of great renoun' (The actual target of the flood) had not made it to Australia then why should it be flooded?
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Really? Wow. Shame God allowed all those translators and interpreters to get it wrong all these thousands of years.

You know, you may think you're serving God by trying to argue that almost every traditional interpretation of a passage that gets posted here is incorrect based upon some faulty translation of a single word or two, but you're really furthering the case against Christianity. Every time you discover some ingenious new interpretation of a passage, you're just uncovering more evidence of God's failure to communicate properly his own word.

[TaraLeeCheesman]

Some animals and especially disgusting bugs are salt line FAKES, iow, sent over by the evil "I AM" who is the neutron part of the atom, who suppresses the truth, and who is the cause of all misery.

Tara
IwasJesus

[Drich]

[quote='teaearlgreyhot' pid='308592' dateline='1341960282']
[quote]Really? Wow. Shame God allowed all those translators and interpreters to get it wrong all these thousands of years.[/quote]
seriously? You believe this descrepency existed for thousands of years? Or are you saying that God had the bible orginally recorded in the king James version?

[quote]You know, you may think you're serving God by trying to argue that almost every traditional interpretation of a passage that gets posted here is incorrect based upon some faulty translation of a single word or two, but you're really furthering the case against Christianity.[/quote]Noah's Ark has nothing to do with the day to day of Christianity. It is OT Judism. If you talk or study under someone who studies these passages in more than the King James English, you will quickly find little quarky things like, No one but the westernized 'church' has these problems with translation. For they do their own research and understand the fact that when text is translated that things are left out of a literal translation, for the sake contextual continuity. the problem lies with the culture who does not read their bibles, or they believe that the language they were born speaking is and always was the standard of the world. So their is no need to look any deeper than what is on the page of a literal translation. (No commentary or explaination)

[quote]Every time you discover some ingenious new interpretation of a passage, you're just uncovering more evidence of God's failure to communicate properly his own word.[/quote] Or i am discovering the lazy efforts of people wanting to find or invent reasons not to believe in God. The fact that their is a deeper meaning that destroyes supposed contradictions, points to a God!

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[quote='aleialoura' pid='308582' dateline='1341958249']
[quote]Let me get this straight... you're arguing that Australia wasn't inhabited during the time of the alleged global flood, and you'r also arguing that Australia didn't flood because there were no wicked men there?

Ummm.... [/quote]
Actually no. i simply point to a contextual defination that says the word "earth" does not mean global. It simply means occupied land.

then I gave two possiable reason why (It was an either/or example)

[Minimalist]

There is no geological evidence that Australia was flooded to the tops of its mountain tops any more than anywhere else on the earth.

It is a fucking stupid story that Jewish morons stole from the Sumerians and then xtian morons stole it from them.